Using Windows 7, how do I run CHKDSK?

Anonymous
2011-02-27T02:35:59+00:00

I've searched throughout the Control Panel and it's submenus and options but can find no means to initiate a scan for disk errors!

I did find chkdsk.exe in the Windows\System32 folder but when I double click it, the only response is a flash of the DOS {black, command prompt} screen! Is that the correct response?!

Is there no way to run [schedule] a scan disk [for errors] as there has been in earlier versions of Windows?!

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Anonymous
2011-02-27T17:52:55+00:00

It's done the same way in Windows 7 as it was in earlier versions of Windows:

  1. Open the "Computer" window
  2. Right-click on the drive in question
  3. Select the "Tools" tab
  4. In the Error-checking area, click <Check Now>.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-04T01:51:28+00:00

    First, numbered steps are not fully correct in the first page of answers.

    1. In any folder, explorer or my computer, click on computer to shows all the drives.
    2. Right click on the drive.
    3. Select Properties.
    4. Click on the Tools tab.
    5. Click on the button Check Now at the top under Error Checking.
    6. Two check boxes to choose, then press Start Button.

    Second way.

    1. Open a command prompt. Type command in the search box to find it if you do not know where it is.
    2. In the black DOS prompt. Type: CHKDSK C: /F

    3.It will tell you that it cannot run it right now, but to schedule it on boot up yes/no, then reboot. It will run the old CHKDSK program from back in the old DOS days. The F parameter tells it to fix it automatically. Sometimes when installing an operating system, you do not HAVE the operating system to do the first method. A DOS prompt can be had though in many machines just prior to boot up, an option is a command prompt. Operating system installers use CHKDSK many times before installing. Perhaps they have taken that out.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-20T10:33:56+00:00

    Hello,

    I'm trying to do the same thing but when I click <Check Now>, it tells me that I have to format the drive. Is there a way out of this?

    Thanks,

    sbibi

    You may have physical damage to parts of the drive.  Recommend you shut down the PC and call a professional.  If it was me, I'd probably call DriveSavers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-18T04:16:13+00:00

    How to Run CHKDSK in Windows 7

    1.) Click the <Start> Button then Open a "Computer" window.

    2.) Select the "Drive" in question <(C:)(D:)(E:)> etc.

    3.) Select "Properties" (Top Left on the Contents Bar) or Right-Click on the drive.

    4.) Select the "Tools" tab - locate "Error-checking" click <Check Now>.

    Note: Once CHKDSK is set to RUN - a REBOOT is required in order for "CHKDSK" to check the hard drive in question - this may take several minutes.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-10-04T18:56:01+00:00

    It's done the same way in Windows 7 as it was in earlier versions of Windows:

    1. Open the "Computer" window
    2. Right-click on the drive in question
    3. Select the "Tools" tab
    4. In the Error-checking area, click <Check Now>.

     

    There is no tools tab when you right-click on the drive in question!!!!!

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